North America is very diverse in terms of geography and climate.
Canada has these geographical characteristics:
second largest country on the planet.
35,000,000 people live there
Appalachian mountains It also runs through parts of southern quebec
Canada itself has 8 regions.
Canada has a forest area a arctic area some mountains some prairies.
western canada has many volcanoes it is part of the ring of fire.
most of canada arctic is seemingly endless permafrost and tundra north of the tree line.
The Arctic, when defined as everything north of the tree line, covers most of Nunavut and the northernmost parts of Northwest Territories, Yukon, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Labrador.
Canada holds vast amounts of water, The rivers in canada discharges 9% of the world's renewable water supply
it contains a quarter of the world's wetland
it has the third largest amount of Glaciers after antarctica and greenland.
The United States has the following characteristics as far as geography goes:
The land area of the contiguous United States is 2,959,064 square miles (7,663,941 km2). Alaska, separated from the contiguous United States by Canada, is the largest state at 663,268 square miles (1,717,856 km2). Hawaii, occupying an archipelago in the central Pacific, southwest of North America, is 10,931 square miles (28,311 km2) in area.
The United States is the world's third or fourth largest nation by total area (land and water)
Deciduous forests and hills/ Appalachian Mountains in the east
Great lakes and grasslands (Great Plains) in midwest
Highlands in southeast
Rocky Mountains at the western edge of the great plains with peaks higher than 14000 ft.
Rocky Great Basin include the Mojave, Chihuahua, Sierra Nevada, and Cascade Mountains, respectively in southwest part of the US
north/south along entire country
Many mountains and volcanoes in AK, especially in Aleutian islands
Many volcanoes in Hawaii
The United States, with its large size and geographic variety, includes most climate types. To the east of the 100th meridian, the climate ranges from humid continental in the north to humid subtropical in the south. The southern tip of Florida is tropical, as is Hawaii. The Great Plains west of the 100th meridian are semi-arid. Much of the Western mountains are alpine. The climate is arid in the Great Basin, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in coastal California, and oceanic in coastal Oregon and Washington and southern Alaska. Most of Alaska is subarctic or polar. Extreme weather is not uncommon—the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico are prone to hurricanes, and most of the world's tornadoes occur within the country, mainly in the Midwest's Tornado Alley
Mexico has these characteristics for geography:
Coasts: hot and humid
Inland and Altitudes: warm spring like, colder during Decemberf-March
Hottest Months: The hottest months are April & May in the South, and July to September on Pacific Coast (Including Baja), and extremely hot in the Yucatan May to September.
Coolest Months: Vary by region, but generally December, January, February; the Yucatan can still experience hot weather even in the coolest months.
Rainy Season in Mexico: Mexico's Rainy season runs from May to September (sometimes extends to October) each year. Most regions south of the Tropic of Cancer (near Mazatlan) are affected. Rain storms usually arrive in the late afternoon accompanied by thunder and lightning, creating torrential downpours before passing and leaving the evenings dry and cooled off.
Hurricane Season in Mexico: June, July, August, September, October (sometimes extends into November): Can affect weather on the Yucatan Peninsula, (e.g. Cancun), as well as weather on Mexico's Pacific coast, from Baja California southwards.
Canada has these geographical characteristics:
- second largest country on the planet.
- 35,000,000 people live there
- Appalachian mountains It also runs through parts of southern quebec
- Canada itself has 8 regions.
- Canada has a forest area a arctic area some mountains some prairies.
- western canada has many volcanoes it is part of the ring of fire.
- most of canada arctic is seemingly endless permafrost and tundra north of the tree line.
- The Arctic, when defined as everything north of the tree line, covers most of Nunavut and the northernmost parts of Northwest Territories, Yukon, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Labrador.
- Canada holds vast amounts of water, The rivers in canada discharges 9% of the world's renewable water supply
- it contains a quarter of the world's wetland
- it has the third largest amount of Glaciers after antarctica and greenland.
The United States has the following characteristics as far as geography goes:- The land area of the contiguous United States is 2,959,064 square miles (7,663,941 km2). Alaska, separated from the contiguous United States by Canada, is the largest state at 663,268 square miles (1,717,856 km2). Hawaii, occupying an archipelago in the central Pacific, southwest of North America, is 10,931 square miles (28,311 km2) in area.
- The United States is the world's third or fourth largest nation by total area (land and water)
- Deciduous forests and hills/ Appalachian Mountains in the east
- Great lakes and grasslands (Great Plains) in midwest
- Highlands in southeast
- Rocky Mountains at the western edge of the great plains with peaks higher than 14000 ft.
- Rocky Great Basin include the Mojave, Chihuahua, Sierra Nevada, and Cascade Mountains, respectively in southwest part of the US
- north/south along entire country
- Many mountains and volcanoes in AK, especially in Aleutian islands
- Many volcanoes in Hawaii
- The United States, with its large size and geographic variety, includes most climate types. To the east of the 100th meridian, the climate ranges from humid continental in the north to humid subtropical in the south. The southern tip of Florida is tropical, as is Hawaii. The Great Plains west of the 100th meridian are semi-arid. Much of the Western mountains are alpine. The climate is arid in the Great Basin, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in coastal California, and oceanic in coastal Oregon and Washington and southern Alaska. Most of Alaska is subarctic or polar. Extreme weather is not uncommon—the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico are prone to hurricanes, and most of the world's tornadoes occur within the country, mainly in the Midwest's Tornado Alley
Mexico has these characteristics for geography: